A Russian Jewish leader held in a St. Petersburg jail on kidnapping charges believes he is going to be killed, according to sources in Russia. Mikhail Mirilashvili, 40, a business magnate who is head of the St Petersburg branch of the Russian Jewish Congress, allegedly snuck a message out of jail earlier this week saying he feared hitmen would kill him for a fee.
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